Single-use Plastics Consultation (Aug 2025)

This consultation has closed following a two-week consultation which concluded September 2025. 

We gathered views through a two-week consultation in August which concluded September 2025, with 14 residents providing feedback, of these 12 (86%) were positively supportive of the guidance, only 2 (14%) expressed constructive feedback.

All feedback has been essential in reviewing the guidance, but also in assisting to identify various areas of improvement allowing us in our provision of a service that identifies trading malpractices and target resources where they are needed most.

Context: 

Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards enforces the ban on selling or supplying certain single-use plastic items, including plates, bowls, trays, cutlery, and polystyrene food and drink containers. As part of this role, the council must explain how it will use fines, warnings, and other penalties included in these rules.